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September 10, 2002
Maurita Tam: Awesome, but With a Giggle
Perfect was not quite the right word for Maurita Tam of Staten Island. But at 22, she spoke Japanese, Korean, French, Cantonese, Mandarin and English....
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September 10, 2002
Lillian Frederick: A Modest Woman of Faith
At Aon Corporation, where Lillian Frederick was an administrative assistant, her colleagues heard only a few tales from the warm, serene woman who was...
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September 9, 2002
Andrea Della Bella: Urging Her Son On
Andrea Della Bella loved the view from the 103rd floor at 2 World Trade Center, where she worked as an administrative assistant at Aon. "She neve...
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September 9, 2002
Laura Marie Ragonese-Snik: Always Ready to Perform
Laura Marie Ragonese-Snik had an angelic alto singing voice. She loved to perform; given half a chance, she would. ...
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September 8, 2002
Marcus R. Neblett: What His Sister Knows
Marcus R. Neblett "is a gentleman," his sister said. "Not because he's my brother, but because it's the truth." ...
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August 25, 2002
Mary Lou Langley: Giver of Coveted Advice
Mary Lou Langley was always willing to help friends, family, co-workers and even commuting buddies make tough decisions. ...
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July 28, 2002
Lucille T. King: Faithful to Her Favorites
You could call it habit, but mostly it was a stubborn streak of dependability that guided Mrs. King, who always took care of someone else. ...
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July 28, 2002
Vijayshanker Paramsothy: Daily Caller to Malaysia
Though he lived half a world from home, Vijayashanker Paramsothy called his parents in Malaysia every day and visited them when he could. ...
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July 28, 2002
John Crowe: Athlete Who Feared Heights
John Crowe made friends the way he played sports: for keeps. "We were still friends with people he went to grammar school with," said his wi...
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July 28, 2002
Vijayshanker Paramsothy: Daily Caller to Malaysia
Though he lived half a world from home, Vijayashanker Paramsothy called his parents in Malaysia every day and visited them when he could. ...
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July 28, 2002
John Crowe: Athlete Who Feared Heights
John Crowe made friends the way he played sports: for keeps. "We were still friends with people he went to grammar school with," said his wi...
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July 28, 2002
Edward Pullis: Fan of Tropical Fish
Before Edward Pullis started a family, he was devoted to his tropical fish. "Yellow and red and blue," his wife, Melissa, said. "He lov...
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July 28, 2002
Lucille T. King: Faithful to Her Favorites
You could call it habit, but mostly it was a stubborn streak of dependability that guided Mrs. King, who always took care of someone else. ...
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May 19, 2002
Linda Joyce Jones: Grandma With a Tattoo
The daily annoyances of urban life bounced off Linda Joyce Jones like raindrops....
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May 19, 2002
Robert J. Gschaar: Doting Stepfather
Robert J. Gschaar and his wife were planning their first vacation in years. It was to be a cruise, perhaps to Alaska....
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May 5, 2002
Thomas M. Regan: Proud Father of Twins
The sleepless nights, the bottles, the diapers — none of it bothered him. He would go off to work glowing....
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April 14, 2002
Patrice Paz: Tenderized by Love
Patrice Paz and her husband Rolando got more in their short years of marriage than most couples get in 30....
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March 24, 2002
Suzanne Passaro: Singing 'Crazy' by Moonlight
Howard Levy watched with admiration as his former secretary, Suzanne Passaro, who treated him better than his mother did, got her broker's license and...
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March 24, 2002
Cathy P. Salter: Cincinnati Roots
Cathy P. Salter could be counted on to show up for the annual pool party, baseball game or road trip with her friends in Cincinnati....
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February 17, 2002
Gary Herold: Reserved but Loving
Nobody mistook Gary Herold for the life of the party. He didn't open up with many people, but when he did, he was very comfortable....
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February 12, 2002
Edward W. Straub: Hard at Work or at Relaxing
Edward W. Straub could multitask with the best of them. He used to home from Aon, settle into his rocking chair and watch television and read the news...
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February 12, 2002
James E. Cove: A Father's Happiest Hours
James E. Cove's version of happy hour meant going to the local department store and selecting gifts for his three boys, Michael, Ryan and Gregory....
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February 3, 2002
Darya Lin: Stayed Behind to Help
It came as no surprise to those who knew Darya Lin that, as others were scrambling for their lives, she stopped to assist a pregnant woman....
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February 3, 2002
George J. Strauch: Did It 'All the Way'
In the words of one friend, George J. Strauch was "just a regular, great guy" who never did anything halfway....
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January 22, 2002
Mark Zangrilli: Solicitous of All
Jill Zangrilli knew her husband Mark was a keeper. He would go to the pharmacy in the middle of the night whenever anyone in his family was ill, and h...
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January 20, 2002
Charles A. Mauro Jr.: Turning Down Retirement
Although a variety of interests could have kept him busy, Charles A. Mauro Jr. resisted the lure of retirement because he enjoyed working with people....
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January 20, 2002
Anthony Demas: Always Time for His Sons
Anthony Demas was a dynamic leader who was also known as having the most impressive collection of family photos in the office....
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January 13, 2002
Robert D. W. Higley II: The Three Boys
Rob Higley built his personal and professional life around his childhood friends Carl, Erik and Dan....
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January 13, 2002
Rachel Tamares: `She Spoke Her Mind'
Rachel Tamares was never afraid to speak her mind and always maintained a positive attitude toward work, friends, and most aspects of her life....
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January 6, 2002
Lisa Caren Ehrlich: Tinkerer and Gadgeteer
A dauntless tinkerer and a fanatical gadgeteer, Lisa Caren Ehrlich had a soft spot for useless frog paraphernalia, coffee, and her two sons....
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January 6, 2002
John F. Rhodes: Late-Blooming Golfer
John F. Rhodes was an avid golfer who lived for the moment and for his family....
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December 31, 2001
Catherine A. Nardella: Someone to Lean On
"Cathy always thought of others," said her sister Grace Samek. Another sister, Lavinia Wilson, said Miss Nardella "was the kind of pers...
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December 31, 2001
Catherine A. Nardella: Someone to Lean On
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December 29, 2001
Alan W. Friedlander: Bikes, Photos and Family
Alan W. Friedlander was a family man with a handful of passions ranging from traveling to photography....
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December 29, 2001
Michael C. Opperman: A Hard-Working Man
Michael C. Opperman routinely left the house at 3 a.m. so that he could get a head start on his own work before people started coming to him for help....
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December 27, 2001
Diane Barry: At Ease With Her Life
Two months before her death, Diane Barry celebrated her 60th birthday. While eating at the Windows on the World restaurant, Mrs. Barry told her cousin...
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December 27, 2001
Richard B. Madden: His Flag Is Still Flying
Richard B. Madden and his daughter Patricia shared several rituals. One of their favorites involved hanging an American flag outside their Westfield, ...
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December 23, 2001
Christopher S. Gardner: The Captain of the Ship
Christopher Gardner was a combination of boss and friend to his employees. However, he never brought his work home and tried to share with his childre...
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December 21, 2001
Patricia Fagan: Stopping to Chat
Everybody in Toms River knew Patricia Fagan - the tall, exceptionally slender woman of 55 who had a word, or several, with everybody and never forgot ...
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December 19, 2001
Erica Van Acker: A Self-Made Woman
Erica Van Acker rarely rested. Instead she worked for the Off-Track Betting Corporation, Citibank and Aon Consulting, owned her own human resources co...
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December 17, 2001
Mary Lenz Wieman: Energy, Loyalty, Parties
Mary L. Wieman was strong and hard-charging, a business executive and mother who more than once caught the red-eye home to New York from California, c...
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December 17, 2001
Justin Zhao: Easing Parents' Burden
Justin Zhao earned good grades as a student and never rebelled, even as a teenager. After starting to work for AON as a computer technician, he freque...
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December 16, 2001
Thomas Warren Hohlweck Jr.: A Fast Engine, an Easy Pace
Boys will have their toys, and Thomas Warren Hohlweck Jr. had his. Starting with a used Fiat in high school, Mr. Hohlweck loved to tool around in racy...
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December 16, 2001
Clarin Siegel Schwartz: The Family Fixer
Clarin Siegel Schwartz had so much personal magnetism that more than 700 people showed up to her memorial service....
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December 16, 2001
Donna Marie Giordano: Family Friends
Donna Marie Giordano was very close to her son, Michael. "We did everything together. We were more like brother and sister," he said....
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December 14, 2001
Jenine Gonzalez: Entrepreneurial Dreams
At 28, Jenine Gonzalez already knew that life could be short. So when her mother died, Ms. Gonzalez decided to start taking steps to build her own bus...
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December 12, 2001
Richard B. Hall: Nights With Shawn
Richard B. Hall's greatest joy came from his family. When his 15-year-old son would visit for dinner, Hall would let nothing interfere with what he ca...
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December 9, 2001
Meredith Ewart & Peter Feidelberg: Quite a Birthday
Meredith Ewart, 29, and Peter Feidelberg, 34, had a romance that began in a corporate office in Montreal. They took their vows in a civil ceremony at ...
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December 8, 2001
Gary Bright: Not a Lot of Spare Time
Gary Bright was still working flat out, usually seven days a week, sometimes at two jobs. Late last summer, he put together a combination that suited ...
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December 6, 2001
John Adam Larson: Out of Big Sky Country
You couldn't take the Montana out of the boy, at least not entirely. Adam Larson went East for college and stayed, yet he did what he could to keep hi...
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December 6, 2001
Michael Egan/Christine Egan: Siblings and Close Friends
Peter Pan was Michael. Wendy was Christine....
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December 5, 2001
Mayra Valdes-Rodriguez: Contagious Laughter
Friends remember Mayra Valdes-Rodriguez for her outrageous laugh. "Her laugh would make you laugh," said Louis Mercado....
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December 4, 2001
Angel R. Pena: Rain or Shine
Angel R. Pena was the Joe Torre of River Vale, N.J., girls sports. Whether it was softball, basketball or soccer, whether his girls Melissa and Sara p...
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December 4, 2001
Colleen Deloughery: 'She Was Not Shy'
No matter how many friends and relatives showed up on weekends, they squeezed into Colleen Deloughery's tiny backyard in Bayonne, N.J....
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December 3, 2001
Farah Jeudy: A Focus on Religion and Fun
Although devoutly religious, Farah Jeudy was far from somber....
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December 3, 2001
William E. Wilson: Equally Matched Golfers
Many husbands and wives do not golf together because their skills are too different. But William E. Wilson had a handicap of 20, and his wife, Ann Pay...
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December 2, 2001
Lorraine Lee: Too Happy at Work
In the end, it was all of those heart-stopping miseries with the elevators at 2 World Trade Center that prompted Joan Greene to tell her daughter, Lor...
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November 30, 2001
Ana Fosteris: Commuting to Dress Up
Ana Fosteris resisted finding a job closer to her Long Island home. Instead she commuted to 2 World Trade Center every day because she loved shopping ...
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November 29, 2001
Donald G. Havlish Jr.: A Love That Almost Wasn't
Fiona met Donald G. Havlish Jr. at a corporate picnic. They married a year and half later, on a beach in Bermuda, at sunset....
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November 29, 2001
Barbara Guzzardo: 'She Pulled Herself Up'
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November 28, 2001
Lorenzo Ramzey: King of Chess, Not Golf
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November 27, 2001
Robert J. Ferris: Papa Bob at the Orphanage
While many men his age pondered retiring to Florida or hitting the links in Arizona, Robert J. Ferris considered buying a house near an orphanage in H...
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November 25, 2001
Nereida De Jesus: Life With Lauren
For Nereida De Jesus, life equaled Lauren. Lauren was her daughter, a bubbly 7-year-old whom Ms. De Jesus, 30, was raising alone in Woodlawn in the Br...
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November 24, 2001
Phil Miller: A Call Every Morning
Years ago, Phil Miller walked two hours from his home in Upper Manhattan across the 181st Street bridge to pick up his date in the Bronx because he co...
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November 23, 2001
Florence M. Gregory: The Stylings of Disco Flo
Seated in what she thought was too formal a restaurant last winter at Christmas, Florence M. Gregory announced to companions that she was going outsid...
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November 21, 2001
Nick Massa: Betting and Breaking Even
Nick Massa had clearly defined interests. They were golf, the racetrack and cards, not necessarily in that order....
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November 20, 2001
Alan Lederman: Man on a Mountaintop
Alan Lederman and his wife, Nancy Zuckerman, had not spent a vacation apart in the 10 years they were together. But he really wanted to climb Mount Wh...
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November 19, 2001
Eric A. Eisenberg: The Troubleshooter
When computers crashed or Palm Pilots failed, friends called Eric A. Eisenberg. He would laugh at them -- a big, infectious laugh, his friends said --...
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November 18, 2001
Margaret Seeliger: A Mother's Leanings
Margaret Seeliger gave up her place on a crowded elevator leaving the 100th floor of 2 World Trade Center to two colleagues, an act of generosity that...
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November 18, 2001
Eugene Clark: From the Terrace
In life, Eugene Clark observed the three D's: dance, drama and divas. He started early: Roberta Flack was his music teacher in Washington, D.C., durin...
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November 17, 2001
Donna Wilson: Staying in Touch
In almost every circle of friends there is someone like Donna Wilson. Ms. Wilson was the person who kept track of co- workers and classmates, passing ...
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November 17, 2001
John J. Doherty: Always Time for Golf
John J. Doherty was one of those guys who loved golf so much that he would sleep in his van to be sure and get a good tee time at Westchester County's...
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November 15, 2001
Robert Halligan: Shopping Across the Pond
To a proud Englishman, America is a country of vexing insufficiencies. Its supermarkets know not of H.P. (House of Parliament) sauce and tins of steak...
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November 15, 2001
Philip Parker: Several Joys, One Headache
Next to his wife, Joan, and daughter, Stephanie, Philip Parker had two great loves: music and his green MG convertible, which he bought in 1977 when h...
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November 14, 2001
Denise Lenore Benedetto: Sustained by Faith
The most important things in Denise Lenore Benedetto's life were her family and her Roman Catholic faith....
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November 14, 2001
Sam Salvo: A Soft Spot for His Dogs
Sam Salvo loved his Stoli on the rocks and he loved good food. "He was a hefty guy, he could eat a lot," said his daughter, Sue. "He kn...
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November 12, 2001
Wendy Faulkner: A Legacy of Giving
Growing up as the daughter of missionaries in Japan and the West Indies, Wendy Faulkner always knew what it meant to be poor. Even after she became a ...
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November 11, 2001
Yin Ping Wong: Hong Kong on Canal Street
The crooning ballads by Cantonese pop stars reminded Yin Ping Wong of his childhood in Hong Kong. Mr. Wong, known to his friends as Steven, immigrated...
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November 11, 2001
Franklin Pershep: Like a Kid, With Bagels
To his co-workers at the Aon Corporation on the 93rd floor of 2 World Trade Center, Franklin Pershep was the Bagel Man. First he would bring in two or...
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November 8, 2001
Robert Miller: Sports, Food and TV Shows
He was the simple, reserved, all-American type. He would talk, but not for long. Yet if you hit him with a trivia question, you got his attention. He ...
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November 7, 2001
Gregory Milanowycz: A Bundle of Energy
When Joseph Milanowycz visited ground zero two Sundays ago, he roamed around, wondering where his son, Gregory, was. "We don't have anything but ...
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November 6, 2001
Philip Guza: Free-Form Vacations
The rules of life according to Phil Guza: Cats are the worst, never waste time planning and never ever leave home without your suspenders....
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November 5, 2001
David Wiswall: Vacuuming the Yard
David Wiswall was a nice, easygoing guy, but he could get very excited about a patch of lush green grass....
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November 4, 2001
Gavin Mcmahon: A Life of Adventure
Gavin McMahon was awfully adventuresome for an insurance executive. He loved Formula One racing, followed an Irish punk rock band called Stiff Little ...
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November 4, 2001
Michael Ferugio: The Measure of a Man
"The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good." Samuel Johnson, the 18th- century man of letters, wr...
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November 2, 2001
Gary Albero: Helping the Unfortunate
Never judge a broker by his collar. Take Gary Albero. He was a good insurance broker: urbane and vigorous, and he could sell. That's what led him to 2...
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November 2, 2001
Richard K. Fraser: 'Daddy Can Fly'
The focus of Richard K. Fraser's life was his 22- month-old son, Aidan, who suffers from neurofibromatosis, a disease that causes tumors to grow at th...
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November 1, 2001
Howard Kestenbaum: For Experience, a Shelter
Howard Kestenbaum worried about the homeless. He spent nights in a shelter to see what it was like, and would respond to a request for a dollar with a...
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November 1, 2001
Sean Rooney: A Man of the Kitchen
The kitchen in the house of Sean Rooney and his wife, Beverly Eckert, in Stamford, Conn., reminds her of him for several reasons. First, Mr. Rooney lo...
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October 29, 2001
Mark F. Hemschoot: What Penny Knows
Penny knows he's gone; the chocolate Labrador shows she senses this. Her master, Mark F. Hemschoot, 45, is not there to walk her in the morning. Penny...
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October 29, 2001
Daniel Van laere: Glen Rock, and Beyond
When Daniel Van Laere was a kid in Glen Rock, N.J., his hero was a neighbor who was a volunteer firefighter. "We grew up seeing Bobby Barton runn...
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October 28, 2001
Susan L. Blair: Big Laugh, Big Heart
Susan L. Blair had a work-stopping, what's- that-noise kind of laugh. Wherever she has worked, co-workers have asked her to pipe down. "It was hi...
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October 27, 2001
Donna M. Rothenberg: Filling In the Gaps
As a birthday present a decade ago, a friend placed an inquiry in a New York magazine, seeking a proper suitor for Donna M. Rothenberg, a widow in her...
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October 26, 2001
Norman Rossinow: Adventure, Always
That was the funny thing about Norman Rossinow: he was so much the insurance man, asking friends if they had proper coverage for life's unforeseen wha...
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October 26, 2001
Noel J. Foster: Blue Eyes and Red Cars
Everything was going so great for Noel J. Foster. He and his wife, Nancy, were extremely in love. They had just celebrated their 10th wedding annivers...
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October 25, 2001
Tara Y. Hobbs: A Queen of E-Mail
Tara Y. Hobbs was crowned the "e-mail queen" by her friends. "She kept in touch with everybody -- everybody from middle school, high sc...
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October 24, 2001
Carrie Progen: Telling Sketches of Strangers
As the A train gently rocked her, Carrie Progen would sit with a small pad in her lap and sketch hurried portraits of the commuters sitting and standi...
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October 24, 2001
Edward Lehman: The Running Man
Edward Lehman loved to run. He would run in the morning. He would run in the evening. He would run on the weekends, sometimes for three and a half hou...
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October 21, 2001
Jennifer Fialko: A Spiritual Journey
At 24, an age when most people are busy with first jobs and apartments, Jennifer Fialko was diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease. She was 29 before she fu...
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October 20, 2001
Kirsten Christophe: Romance in an Odd Place
Romance can be ignited in the oddest places, even under the intense pressure of a bar review course, which is how Kirsten Christophe met her husband, ...
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October 20, 2001
Kirsten Christophe: Romance in an Odd Place
Romance can be ignited in the oddest places, even under the intense pressure of a bar review course, which is how Kirsten Christophe met her husband, ...
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October 18, 2001
Tamitha Freeman: Good Times at the Dew Drop
Her mother's generation, 11 siblings in all, some in East New York and some in North Carolina, gather each Friday night in somebody's living room to r...
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October 18, 2001
James Marcel Cartier: The More Work, the Better
Forget about taking it easy. James Marcel Cartier loved to work. Five long days was never enough to satisfy him. He insisted on six long days. "H...
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October 17, 2001
Michelle Goldstein: Blessed to Be Dazzled
Michelle Goldstein was a small-town girl. She was still dazzled by the ordinary big-city indulgences -- getting Chinese food at any hour, eating sushi...
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October 17, 2001
Kevin M. Cosgrove: 'A Good Snuggler'
"Mommy, it broke my heart when Daddy died because he was a good snuggler," said 4-year-old Elizabeth Cosgrove....
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October 16, 2001
Donnie Taylor: Military Air in Fatherhood
Donnie Taylor was a stern father who remained deeply involved in the lives of his children after marital separation....
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October 15, 2001
Julie Geis: The Great Motivator
Julie Geis had a way of encouraging people to do their best, whether they were in a boardroom or on a softball field. "A pitcher from the softbal...
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October 15, 2001
Daphne Pouletsos: The Party House
Big holidays usually meant big parties at Daphne Pouletsos' house in Westwood, N.J. On Mother's Day, she decorated her tidy three-bedroom house with f...
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October 14, 2001
Richard Gabrielle: Taking Baby for a Drive
Richard Gabrielle's pride and joy was his 1999 black Volkswagen Passat. It was kept in a garage in West Haven, Conn., and brought out only when the we...
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October 13, 2001
Louis F. Aversano Jr.: A Morning Chat With Fish
Louis F. Aversano Jr. liked to take care of everybody and everything. Especially his fish. At his home in Manalapan, N.J., Mr. Aversano, 58, kept a su...
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October 13, 2001
Brian Martineau: King of the Wisecracks
Brian Martineau was a big guy and a funny man, with a brash sarcastic way about him that cracked people up. But though he was hardly shy about sharing...
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October 12, 2001
Steven Cafiero: Marriage, Babies, Red Wine
When Steven Cafiero took his girlfriend, Donnamarie Striano, to Las Vegas in August, he wanted her to marry him then and there. She told him she would...
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October 12, 2001
Carol Rabalais: Forgiving and Optimistic
Carol Rabalais and her elder sister Patricia Tate exchanged harsh words during the summer when Ms. Rabalais mistakenly booked some standby plane ticke...
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October 12, 2001
Theresa Munson: Traveling Grandmother
Theresa Munson -- Terry to friends -- was a gypsy with her daughter, Christine Hayes, and her granddaughter, Kaitlyn, hitting the road to places like ...
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October 11, 2001
Mike Arczynski: A Tree for an Outdoorsman
Mike Arczynski's family will plant a tree next spring in his memory, and that seems exactly right. Mr. Arczynski, 45, was born to be outdoors. He was ...
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October 11, 2001
Sandra Wright: Have Daughter, Will Travel
Growing up in Bucks County, Pa., Sandra Wright was the oldest girl among nine children and the biggest adventurer. When divorce left her to raise her ...
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October 11, 2001
Mary Herencia: A Wit With a Purpose
Mary Herencia is remembered for her cough, a theatrical, throat-clearing "a-hem!" she used every morning to get her four boys out of bed and...
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October 10, 2001
Simon A. Dhanani: Humble Man of the World
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October 9, 2001
Sheila Barnes: Crazy About Coupons
Just the other day, Colgate toothpaste was on sale at a local pharmacy and Zulema Barnes- Chung thought of her mother, Sheila Barnes. That was because...
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October 9, 2001
Susan Bochino: Father Recalls Straight A's
It was a "little shaky" working on the 92nd floor of the south tower, Susan Bochino, who was no fan of being that high off the ground, told ...
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October 9, 2001
George Bishop: A Cliche but Accurate
Do not tell Betsy Bishop that the description "family man" is a cliché -- she knows it. Still, there is no better way to characterize h...
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October 7, 2001
David Pruim: A Lifelong Honeymoon
David and Kate Pruim were married 28 years ago, and Mrs. Pruim talks about him as if they were newlyweds. "We had an 18- year honeymoon and then ...
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October 5, 2001
Stephen Poulos: Finding Opera Again
Stephen Poulos spent most of the last year loosening up. He was starting to enjoy opera again after tuning it out for five years. "The louder, th...
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October 5, 2001
Herman Broghammer: Church and a Little Beer
It is true that Herman Broghammer, 58, a senior vice president at Aon, was an observant Roman Catholic. He attended weekly mass at Sacred Heart Church...
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October 5, 2001
Maria Percoco Vola: Combing the City for Her
Maria Percoco Vola's relatives are still combing the city, and peering at every photograph they see of the World Trade Center attacks, looking for a s...
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October 5, 2001
Lawrence Davidson: His New Best Friend
Lawrence Davidson decided to go live in Israel shortly after he graduated from Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn, and ended up staying there for 12...
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October 3, 2001
Charles Henry Karczewski: Loved Wine, Hated Silence
Charles Henry Karczewski did not have children, but he might as well have. His two dogs, Princess, a yellow Labrador, and Baby, a cocker spaniel, are ...
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October 1, 2001
Douglas MacMillan Cherry: Bengals All the Way
The shoes always told Douglas MacMillan Cherry's secret. Only a devout Cincinnati Bengals fan would be seen in a pair of orange Converse sneakers pain...
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September 29, 2001
William Wik: He Helped the Rescuers
When William Joseph Wik called his wife, Kathleen, shortly after the first attack on Sept. 11, her message was emphatic: "I told him, `Get out!'&...
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September 27, 2001
Francine Virgilio: A Cool Aunt in Demand
One Christmas, Francine Virgilio treated her nephews to a show with the Rockettes at Radio City Music Hall and dinner afterward at Mickey Mantle's. Sh...
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September 26, 2001
Lizie Martínez-Calderón: A Mother's Love
On Tuesday, Sept. 11, Lizie Martínez-Calderón woke up early and headed for the kitchen. From their bed, her husband, Marino Calderón, saw that their 4...
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September 26, 2001
John Ballantine Niven: An Oyster Bay Getaway
John Ballantine Niven lived for weekends with his family in the country. An insurance executive at Aon, he shared an Upper East Side apartment with hi...
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September 25, 2001
Ann McGovern: The Light of Her Life
On a return trip from Long Island to her apartment in Manhattan two weeks ago, Terry McGovern had the sudden idea to surprise her mother, Ann McGovern...
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September 25, 2001
Darren Bohan: Banjos and Big Dreams
Like so many New Yorkers, there was more to Darren Bohan than met the eye. By day he was a temp and for the past few months he worked on the 102nd flo...
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September 24, 2001
Paul Benedetti: Always Able to Laugh
No matter what calamity befell Paul Benedetti in this life, his response was inevitable: a joke. Thus, when he escaped the 1993 bombing of the World T...
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September 24, 2001
Rick Blood: His City Ever Since
Rick Blood grew up in Williamsburg, Va., but his heart always belonged to New York City. As a teenager, he hung subway maps on his bedroom wall and pl...
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September 21, 2001
Jim Berger: A Fan of the Boss
Jim Berger grew up in Bruce Springsteen country along the Jersey Shore and never listened to anything else....
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September 21, 2001
Michele Reed: Weekends on the Farm
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September 21, 2001
Jim Berger: A Fan of the Boss
Jim Berger grew up in Bruce Springsteen country along the Jersey Shore and never listened to anything else....
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September 19, 2001
Karen Elizabeth Hagerty: 'She Was Really Tough'
Karen Elizabeth Hagerty threw a birthday party recently for her horse, Ricardo. A caterer brought a carrot cake in the shape of a horseshoe. There wer...
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September 18, 2001
Lynette Vosges: A Special Party
Last February, Lynette Vosges invited about 100 of her closest friends to a party to celebrate the 15 years she and her friend, Maurice, had been livi...
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September 16, 2001
Ronald C. Fazio: The Family Man
Ronald C. Fazio's son, Ron Jr., is getting married on Oct. 14. So Mr. Fazio spent the last few months as his son's trusted wedding consultant — ...
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September 16, 2001
Ronald C. Fazio: The Family Man
Ronald C. Fazio's son, Ron Jr., is getting married on Oct. 14. So Mr. Fazio spent the last few months as his son's trusted wedding consultant — tourin...
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September 16, 2001
Millie Hromada: At Home in the Vertical City
Millie Hromada loved Manhattan and was addicted to the bustling life in the vertical city of the World Trade Center, where she was a secretary at Aon ...
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September 16, 2001
Mary Yolanda Dowling: The Voice of an Angel
Give Mary Yolanda Dowling an instrument — an accordion, a piano or a set of bagpipes — and she is likely to produce a foot-stomping tune. ...
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September 16, 2001
Leonard Joseph Snyder: Risky Work, Risky Play
He may have been a risk-management insurer, but Leonard Joseph Snyder was hardly averse to risk....
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September 15, 2001
Gary J. Frank: A Dolphin, a Starfish, a Shark
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September 15, 2001
Lucy Fishman: Antsy on First Day of School